Combined holder and ash tray



June 9, 1925.

NAGY

COMBINED HOLDER AND ASH TRAY 2 Shets-Shaet 1 Filed Dec. 20, 1923 A TTORNEVS June 9, 1925.

J. NAGY COMBINED HOLDER AND ASH TRAY il D90. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN l/E IV TOR WITNESSES A TTORNEYS Patented dune 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH NAGY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED HOLDER AND ASH TRAY.

Application filed December 20,1923. Serial No. 881,812.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH NAoY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the count and State of New York, have invente a new and Improved Combined Holder and Ash Tray, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined holder and ash tray for cigars and cigarettes, and has for one of its objects the provision of an improved device of simple and inexpensive construct-ion in which a cigar or cigarette may be placed and securely retained in position so that the ashes therefron'i will not fall upon the smokers clothes or adjacent objects.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

In the drawings- Figure l is a longitudinal section through one form of theinvention, the dotted lines indicating the position of certain of the parts previous to inserting a cigarette or cigar into the device;

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the device shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 4 is a perspective View of the tray and clamping member utilized for retaining a cigar or cigarette in the tray and for mounting the tray in the receptacle;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section showing a slightly diflerent form of the invention which is designed to be attached to a cigarette mouthpiece;

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the form shown in Figure 5 and illustrating the device as it is applied to a mouthpiece or holder; 8

Figure 7 is an end elevation of the form shown in Figure 5;

shown'in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, the numeral 11 indicates a receptacle which is formed from any suitable light material. The receptacle is open at one end and provided in its sides adjacent said end with oppositely disposed openings 12 one of which receives the end 13 of a combined supporting and clamping member which is preferably formed of a single length of wire or other suitable material having a certain degree of resiliency. This wire is bent adjacent the end 13 to form a substantially U-shaped portion 14 and adjacent one side of said U-shaped portion the wire is further bent laterally to form the pivot portion '15 which is engageable in the opening 12 opposite the opening in which the end 13 is mounted, the former opening being considerably larger than the latter, as will be obvious in Figure 3. Adjacent'the pivot 15 the wire is again bent, as indicated at 16, so that the remainder of the wire which forms the clamping portion 17 may be flexed laterally with iespect to the longitudinal axis of the receptacle 11. as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, for a purpose which will later appear. Supported by the U-shaped portion 14 is a tray 18 preferably formed of wire mesh and having an open end, the material of which is bent around the portion 14, as clearly shown in Fi 4. The material of the tray 18 adjacent the closed end 19 thereof is bent or crimped, as indicated at 20, so

that the end 19 will be of greater width and depth than the remainder of the body portion. Due to the bending or rolling of the material adjacent the open end of the tray about the portion 14' said open end will be provided with a projecting portion which extends outwardly and downwardly beyond the sides and bottom of the body of the tray. By reason of this formation of the tray it will be apparent that when the tray'is in its operative positiomas shown in figure 1, the bottom of the tray will be sp from the bottom of the receptacle 11 to provide an air space about the tray to permit of the proper burning of a cigar or cigarette. f

When placing a cigarette in the tray 18 the clampin portion 17 is swung laterally to the dotte line position shown in Figure 2. This permits of the cigarette bein laid in the tray 18, as indicated in said gure, after which the clamping arm is permitted to restore to its normal full-line position.

The free end of said arm is then forced downwardly until the bent portion 21 thereof, which is intermediate its ends, is enaged with the cigarette or cigar. The ree extremit of the clamping portion 17 is provided w1th a hook 22 which is engaged in an opening 23 formed in a lug 24 at the closed end of the receptacle 11. When in this position .the cigarette or cigar is securely retained in the tray and receptacle and with one end of the cigaretteor cigar protruding from the device,"it will be apparent that by holding the latter between the fingers the cigarette or cigar may be smoked without handling the same and that any ashes therefrom will fall into the tray' or receptacle 11.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 5 to 9, the outer open end of the receptacle 25 is provided with oppositely disposed extensions 27 which are bent upon themselves to form gripping fingers 28. These fingers are bent or curved transversely, as best seen in Figure 7, to conform generally to the contour of the enlarged o ening in a cigar or cigarette holder so t at when said holder is engaged with the fingers and. a portion thereof inserted between the fingers and the adjacent portions of the extensions 27, the device will be .securely supported upon the holder with a cigar or cigarette in' position therein.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 10 the receptacle 25 is merely provided with the outwardly disposed gripping fingers 29 which are similar in all respects to thefingers'28 and accomplish the same functions of retaining the device in engagement with a cigar or cigarette holder.

The supporting member 30, which is utilized to pivotally mount the tray 26 in the receptacle 25, is formed from a single length of material and has its extremities 31 bent laterally to engage in openings 32 in the sides of the receptacle adjacent its open end to hold the tray 26 in position and permit its removal by a withdrawal of the extremities 31 from said openings.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the-class described, a

receptacle and a tray formed of wire mesh .bent adjacent said supporting portion to provide pivots engageable with said receptacle to pivotally support the tray therein.

3. In a device of the class described, a receptacle having oppositely disposed gripping fingers extending from one end thereof and capable of engagement with a holder, and a tray formed of wire mesh supported in said receptacle and having its major portion spaced from said receptacle to provide an air space about said tray.

4. In a device of the class described, a receptacle having oppositely disposed gripping fingers extending from one end thereof and capable of engagement with a holder, :1. tray formed of wire mesh supported in said receptacle and having its major portion spaced from said receptacle to'provide an airspace about said tray, and a supporting member secured to said tray and having its extremities bent to provide pivots engageable with the receptacle to pivotally sup,- port the tray therein.

JOSEPH NAGY. 

